Austin Ranks #2 on List of 12 Apartment Boom Towns

ELIZABETH WHALEN   |   March 31, 2014

Sparefoot, a storage unit company, recently released a list of the top “boom towns for apartments,” basing its rankings on factors such as the availability of apartments as well as economic and population growth in the 100 most populated metro areas. The company culled data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

According to Sparefoot’s analysis, these cities are seeing their multifamily business booming:

  1. San Jose, Calif.
  2. Austin, Texas
  3. Houston, Texas
  4. Grand Rapids, Mich.
  5. Nashville, Tenn.
  6. Dayton, Ohio
  7. Portland, Ore.
  8. San Francisco, Calif.
  9. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
  10. Oklahoma City, Okla.
  11. Seattle, Wash.
  12. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

Source: Realtor.com and the SpareFootList